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Soviet spaceship Tracker: How late and where Kosmos 482 could crash today | World news

Soviet spaceship Tracker: How late and where Kosmos 482 could crash today | World news

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An outstanding spacecraft of the Soviet period is expected to enter the earth's atmosphere on Saturday. The object known as Cosmos 482 (also written cosmos 482) was originally launched by the Soviet Union in March 1972 as part of a mission to explore Venus. It was developed to make a soft landing on the planet and study its atmosphere. However, the mission failed and the spaceship remained caught in the orbit in the orbit.

A spaceship from the Soviet period could crash on Saturday. (Representative image/ unsplash)

When could the spaceship crash?

According to CNN, the re -entry window for Cosmos 482 will fall on Friday and Saturday between 10 p.m. and on Saturday at 6:30 a.m.

The tracker of the European Space Agency further narrowed and estimates that the relegation of the spacecraft takes place on Saturday around 2:30 a.m. ET (6:37 UTC).

Where could it crash?

According to the NBC News, Cosmos 482 could crash between 52 degrees north and 52 degrees southern width. This includes large parts of the planet that cover parts of North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Since the potential impact zone covers a huge area, it is almost impossible to determine the exact crash location in advance.

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Is it dangerous?

Most objects that re -enter the atmosphere of the earth explains Vishnu Reddy, professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona. However, Cosmos 482 is different.

“This is a country that is supposed to land on Venus. Venus has a 100 -densely denser atmosphere than ours. In other words, it was built to survive a hellish state,” Reddy told the AZ family.

Due to its rough design, parts of the spacecraft could occur again, but the risk of people on site remains low.

“The hope is that most of it burns down in the earth's atmosphere and, even if something falls, will fall into the ocean. And we can forget it,” he added, “they have to be incredibly unhappy to be hit by this thing.”

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